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Latest On Mookie Betts

By Anthony Franco | August 2, 2020 at 6:23pm CDT

6:23 pm: Betts’ finger has some swelling, but x-rays fortunately came back negative, manager Dave Roberts told reporters, including Ken Gurnick of MLB.com (Twitter links). He’s day-to-day.

5:41 pm: Mookie Betts was lifted for a pinch hitter in the seventh inning of this afternoon’s game against the Diamondbacks. The club since announced (Twitter link) that he is dealing with soreness in his left middle finger.

There’s no indication there’s particular cause for alarm, but it’s eye-opening whenever a player of Betts’ caliber leaves a game for health reasons. The superstar hasn’t played at quite his typical level to start his Dodger career, but there’s no questioning his importance to the organization both short and long term.

For now, the hope is surely that Betts will return to the field in short order. The Dodgers are in position to exercise all due caution given the strength of their roster. Edwin Ríos replaced Betts in the lineup today, perhaps indicating he’d be first in line for extra playing time should Betts need some time off.

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  1. Captain Dunsel

    9 months ago

    Looks like all Betts are off.

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    • Gary

      9 months ago

      Afraid not. Once you put your money in you can’t take it back in the middle of a hand.

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  2. abcrazy4dodgers

    9 months ago

    He homered post finger injury, if that helps anyone.

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  3. Greg M

    9 months ago

    The finger is a heck of a long way from the heart! Get back in there! Just channeling my inner Herb Brooks…only kidding.

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  4. Ironman_4life

    9 months ago

    Omg. Where will they find another outfielder.

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  5. RARAM2

    9 months ago

    Well he signed a 365 M contract, can’t take any chances with a sore finger

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  6. VegasSDfan

    9 months ago

    Betts, out for the season, sore finger

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  7. burrows_ ghost

    9 months ago

    Flipping off the Sox?

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    • AtlSoxFan

      9 months ago

      Bowling injury?

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  8. Yank4Life

    9 months ago

    Hey at least Mookie, didn’t stick up his left middle finger up when it was sore. The way Yoenis Céspedes did to the Mets & all of baseball. Betts does have class.

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  9. BigFred

    9 months ago

    His stats are actually pretty good so far this season.

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  10. antibelt

    9 months ago

    His .301 lifetime batting average is carried by one season he hit 345. Otherwise, he’s only been above 300 2 out of 7 seasons. Definitely not worth the money.

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    • JDGoat

      9 months ago

      You’re going by batting average to say whether somebodies worthy of a contract or not?

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      • wild bill tetley

        9 months ago

        Would you pay a perennial .250 hitter the same money Betts received? Wild Bill says no.

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    • fox471

      9 months ago

      Good one, Antifa. What a kidder!

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    • SalaryCapMyth

      9 months ago

      Since batting average is so important to you, another way you can say that is, after 6 completed seasons, he has batted under .291 just once. But Betts isn’t a one trick pony. He doesn’t ONLY hit for a good average. He does it all.

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      • Javia

        9 months ago

        Perhaps the reason batting average has fallen out of favor is because when you compare generations current players do not come off well. .

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    • GoLandCrabs

      9 months ago

      Of course a Giants fan is behind with the times and thinks batting average matters. His career OPS+ is 133. He is a top 5 player in the sport easily.

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  11. ctguy

    9 months ago

    It was probably the middle finger that he gave to the Red Sox when he signed that contract extension with LA

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  12. bobtillman

    9 months ago

    Brain and Betts have to stop picking their noses during the pandemic.

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  13. pwndroia

    9 months ago

    The beginning of a terribly bad contract signing by the Dodgers. Honestly, Betts will likely be fine but he will fade and will not be worth what they paid him.

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    • The Human Rain Delay

      9 months ago

      Likely?

      He hit a Homer opposite field 2 pitches after the injury

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    • Commonsenseslapsyou

      9 months ago

      Look at all the mad Boston fans on this thread. Laughable

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      • pwndroia

        9 months ago

        Actually, I wanted to trade him. Been saying it since 2018 that we couldn’t afford him.

        FYI You’d be laughing at us if we signed him and he failed (as had so many of our contracts), so there’s no validity to the laughing.

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  14. 4WSsince04

    9 months ago

    Mr. batting average should probably look at stats like OPS, 4 gold gloves, defensive player of the year, led the mlb base running 1st to 3rd….there is nothing he can not do……

    …..but on a 12 year contract no one is worth the money the last 3 or 4 years whether it is A-rod, Puljos ….. it doesn’t mean that those players weren’t worth what they were paid during the contract as a whole in most cases

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    • Captain Dunsel

      9 months ago

      Mike Trout says hello.

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      • johnrealtime

        9 months ago

        Very easy to say a contract is worth it a year or so in. Tulos didn’t look so bad early on

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    • johnrealtime

      9 months ago

      Arod was worth his first contract (peds aside) on the right team

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  15. Rsox

    9 months ago

    Dave Roberts needs to learn the same lesson Alex Cora did: Mookie is a leadoff hitter, stop batting him second

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    • BlueSkies_LA

      9 months ago

      Dave Roberts should learn to stop listening to the front office.

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      • Cam

        9 months ago

        3rd in the Majors in runs scored, 1st in the Majors in ERA. What’s the problem?

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        • BlueSkies_LA

          9 months ago

          Okay I thought this was obvious but it seems I need to explain the point, which is: Roberts is not deciding to bat Betts second in some games based on his own gut instinct, he’s doing it on the basis on the data being produced by the front office. So if you have a problem with where he’s batting your problem isn’t with Dave Roberts, it’s with the front office. FWIW I don’t have a problem with Betts in the two-hole, it’s others who do.

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      • Cey Hey

        9 months ago

        The Dodgers led the NL in runs scored in 2018 and 2019. I’d say Dave Roberts knows more about filling out a lineup card than you do. In more than 50 years as a Dodger fan, he’s the best manager I’ve seen…and it isn’t close.

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        • grumpy3b

          9 months ago

          Do not disagree with you yet with the LO the Dodgers have fielded the past couple years it would be difficult to muck it up. Don’t forget his bewildering “Sunday Line-Ups”, boy those were fun.

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        • BlueSkies_LA

          9 months ago

          And again, the point is these aren’t decisions made by Dave Roberts based on how he feels today. For better, for worse, or for whatever, the Dodgers dugout and front office are hard-linked, as much as they are on any team in baseball. If you do (or don’t) like the in-game decisions Roberts makes he should not get all the credit (or all the blame). And for the record, I like Dave Roberts. He deserves a lot of credit for the aspects of management that are under the waterline, the part that fans never see, which is most of it.

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    • DirtbagBlues

      9 months ago

      He’s been leading off most games.

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    • Commonsenseslapsyou

      9 months ago

      He’s actually hitting better in the 2 hole than leading off thus far…

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    • averagejoe15

      9 months ago

      In the Dodgers lineup it doesn’t really matter purely from a hitting perspective if Mookie is at 1 or 2 given the level of talent around him. But he probably benefits more from leading off and the greater number of opportunities to take extra bases than any of the other options for that spot would (Seager, Turner, Muncy) so in the Dodgers lineup specifically he probably should stay at lead off.

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  16. Yank4Life

    9 months ago

    Rsox- Yes, I agree if Mookie becomes the leadoff hitter for the Dodgers I definitely think he will be the MVP in the NL in this short season. If that finger is ok.

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    • James1955

      9 months ago

      Yank4life.. In a short season, a lot of players could be the MVP.

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      • mlbnyyfan

        9 months ago

        Good luck this season Mookie don’t miss you at all in Boston.

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  17. HateSpeechisFake

    9 months ago

    He probably injured it getting down on his knee for the National Anthem………

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    • Cey Hey

      9 months ago

      Then lots of people will have sore fingers, myself included.

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      • HateSpeechisFake

        9 months ago

        Tape your fingers up fella! Or just be a man

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